Popular Post Mustard Tiger Posted February 22, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2023 44 minutes ago, canuck73_3 said: You're not my dad. We don't know that 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 55 minutes ago, Odd. said: Myers is done. He’s getting bought out for the extra roster spot on defense. They won’t be buying him out for money purposes as we only save 500k, but to simply just revamp the defense. I don't see it, if that's the goal they could just waive him and save more 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanucks25 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 29 minutes ago, ilduce39 said: Imagine fans being fans on a fan site. Only losers do this. jeez louise how about some humility? Or a thank you? gosh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekker Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Odd. said: Myers is done. He’s getting bought out for the extra roster spot on defense. They won’t be buying him out for money purposes as we only save 500k, but to simply just revamp the defense. He's been terrible. But once his bonus in July is paid he can be traded for whatever. For now, he'd good for the tank. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Westcoastcanucks777 Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 1 hour ago, rekker said: He's been terrible. But once his bonus in July is paid he can be traded for whatever. For now, he'd good for the tank. I heard guys sayin he’s only pretendin to be bad because he wants bedard on the team 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 7 hours ago, boziffous said: Luckily, Myers' contract with Vancouver was for 5 years at 6 million per. I see what you did there. No doubt that LE was the worse contract signing. He was a decent contributor for years, and was just coming off a career (contract) year with Boston. He was reunited with the twins, with whom he had proven chemistry. Personally, I think he realized that when ink hit paper, that was his last big contract and it didn't really matter (to him) how much effort he put into the game. So he just decided to forget how to play hockey. Myers, on the other hand, was brought in for his size. He's never really been better than average in any other metric other than blocking shots - which he's still good at... even if he does tend to screen the goalie some of the time. While he's hasn't been very good for a while,he hasn't been nearly as disappointing as LE because he was simply never that talented in the first place. He's still a servicible player. LE was straight-up trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toews Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 3 hours ago, ilduce39 said: Imagine fans being fans on a fan site. Only losers do this. Being a fan shouldn't mean that you are incapable of being objective or unwilling to look at evidence that doesn't support your fandom. As fans we have a lot more power than we think we do. At the end of the day the fans are the consumers, they are the ones driving the product. Without the fans the product wouldn't exist and so teams have to make moves especially if the consumer confidence drops precipitously. Now the problem also is that the organization then decides to make some short term fixes to momentarily appease the fans and that is when it is important for the fans to see through the BS and rely upon the evidence and precedence. The path that the Canucks were on when they made this signing was not going to lead to success, a lot of people knew this but decided to continue putting their faith into the organization. Its sad the number of good posters who are no longer on this forum either because they got tired of the losing, or were chased off by being called "losers". You might be glad that those "losers" are no longer here but without any dissent this place just becomes an echo chamber. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 On 6/23/2019 at 5:02 PM, vannuck59 said: I would give him 6.5 mil x 6 years. I think you are Jim Benning 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 7 hours ago, grandmaster said: Can someone please tell me why this guy is playing in the NHL? IMG_3717.MOV Because the world needs Memes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 5 hours ago, VegasCanuck said: This signing was a little long, should have been a 4 year deal, and if the cap had continued to rise as was expected before Covid, we'd be around a 92 million cap right now and no one would care about this contract. Benning did what ALL GM's have been doing pre Covid, they were over paying a little to get the player, banking on the rising cap making the contract look good in hindsight. Time to GET over it! This summer, once we have paid his 5 million signing bonus, leaving 1 million on the table, he becomes a very movable contract to a team at the lower end of the cap, like Arizona who would LOVE to get to the 62 million projected cap floor while only spending 50 million since they playing at least next season in a 5,000 seat arena. This contract isn't worth continuing to talk about, he will be moved this summer without retaining salary. Covid hit a lot of teams cap hard but no one was hit worse than the Canucks. Heck there were even teams that benefited from this by signing players in very team friendly deals. This was simply bad cap management from Sutter, Eriksson, Beagle, Roussel and Myers. It was a ticking time bomb and Covid only made things worse but it wasn't the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanucks25 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Toews said: Being a fan shouldn't mean that you are incapable of being objective or unwilling to look at evidence that doesn't support your fandom. As fans we have a lot more power than we think we do. At the end of the day the fans are the consumers, they are the ones driving the product. Without the fans the product wouldn't exist and so teams have to make moves especially if the consumer confidence drops precipitously. Now the problem also is that the organization then decides to make some short term fixes to momentarily appease the fans and that is when it is important for the fans to see through the BS and rely upon the evidence and precedence. The path that the Canucks were on when they made this signing was not going to lead to success, a lot of people knew this but decided to continue putting their faith into the organization. Its sad the number of good posters who are no longer on this forum either because they got tired of the losing, or were chased off by being called "losers". You might be glad that those "losers" are no longer here but without any dissent this place just becomes an echo chamber. Bingo. Us fans are the consumer and therefore have a voice. Although I don't blame the fans for the idiotic decisions that weren't in our control, we as a whole did a major disservice to ourselves and the organization by letting the previous management team run rampant for so long. For such a "toxic" fan base, there really wasn't as much pressure on management and ownership to get their crap together despite horrific, crippling move after horrific, crippling move. Instead fans ate it all up in the name of optimism, and then as you see by the responses in this thread, have become bitter at those who tried to warn them. I hope the market has learned a valuable lesson from the Benning era. Your loyalty should be to the success of the team, not to your personal biases and petty ego. Being a "real fan" doesn't mean blindly accepting the crap sandwiches you are being fed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Toews said: Being a fan shouldn't mean that you are incapable of being objective or unwilling to look at evidence that doesn't support your fandom. As fans we have a lot more power than we think we do. At the end of the day the fans are the consumers, they are the ones driving the product. Without the fans the product wouldn't exist and so teams have to make moves especially if the consumer confidence drops precipitously. Now the problem also is that the organization then decides to make some short term fixes to momentarily appease the fans and that is when it is important for the fans to see through the BS and rely upon the evidence and precedence. The path that the Canucks were on when they made this signing was not going to lead to success, a lot of people knew this but decided to continue putting their faith into the organization. Its sad the number of good posters who are no longer on this forum either because they got tired of the losing, or were chased off by being called "losers". You might be glad that those "losers" are no longer here but without any dissent this place just becomes an echo chamber. IMHAO fans get to express their fanaticism in the way they prefer. But the Benning era did cost the club a lot of fans. I think especially in the younger crowd, who will easily (because they’re often not so attached as the long time fans) cheer for a different team or follow a different sport. Maybe that’s why our owner was constantly pushing Benning to sacrifice the future in hopes to win now? Maybe old time fans mostly cheer for the logo on thx front of the jersey and not for the name on the back as much too? Snd no true Canuck fans should be forced off our home site, regardless of how they cheer for the club. Really, we all want our club to win. Should have kept Gillis. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myre Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, Alflives said: IMHAO fans get to express their fanaticism in the way they prefer. But the Benning era did cost the club a lot of fans. I think especially in the younger crowd, who will easily (because they’re often not so attached as the long time fans) cheer for a different team or follow a different sport. Maybe that’s why our owner was constantly pushing Benning to sacrifice the future in hopes to win now? Maybe old time fans mostly cheer for the logo on thx front of the jersey and not for the name on the back as much too? Snd no true Canuck fans should be forced off our home site, regardless of how they cheer for the club. Really, we all want our club to win. Should have kept Gillis. I do miss that awkward looking creepy look he always had when talking to reporters. He certainly came across as a type of guy that got all the ladies that's for sure just by his demeanor alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanucks25 Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 1 hour ago, myre said: I do miss that awkward looking creepy look he always had when talking to reporters. He certainly came across as a type of guy that got all the ladies that's for sure just by his demeanor alone. This is an interesting post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myre Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 43 minutes ago, kanucks25 said: This is an interesting post. I suppose the word interesting is very subjective haha. Gillis was a strange duck for sure. I didn't mind him. The team was successful under him That's about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 Myers will have a great Worlds and teams will be lining up to take him! With his bonus paid he should bring a 2nd back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coryberg Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 31 minutes ago, Boudrias said: Myers will have a great Worlds and teams will be lining up to take him! With his bonus paid he should bring a 2nd back. Apollo? Is that you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 On 2/22/2023 at 5:51 PM, myre said: I do miss that awkward looking creepy look he always had when talking to reporters. He certainly came across as a type of guy that got all the ladies that's for sure just by his demeanor alone. The ladies love the creepy looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 15 minutes ago, coryberg said: Apollo? Is that you? apollo would have called him elite. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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